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Jesús Vélez Santiago

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Last updated on 2022-07-17.

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Jesús Vélez Santiago

Data Scientist | Data Analyst | Genomic Scientist

I love analyzing and visualizing data to improve our understanding of our surroundings. Besides, I am fascinated by software development and love contributing to the community by creating packages and courses. I am known for being a passionate, curious person, and I am always open to new challenges. Do you have any challenges? Good! Let’s do it. Let’s be problem solvers.

Professional Experience

Learning Experience Data Analyst

Platzi Inc.

Remote work

2022

  • Dashboard definition and evaluation for monitoring crucial metrics and understanding the root causes of change.
  • Extraction, transformation and loading of data for reliable analytics.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to quantify the impact of new product features and their interaction with the user.
  • Communication of data-driven insights; going from observations to useful insights.

Bioinformatics specialist

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

San Diego, United States

2021

  • Creation of pipelines for cleaning and analyzing massive single-cell data sets
  • Creation of internal software packages in R that facilitate and ensure the reproducibility of specific analyses.

Developer of R Software

Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

2021 - 2020

Over the years, many different regulatory networks and statistical algorithms have been developed, mostly in a fixed combination of one network and one algorithm. To systematically evaluate both networks and algorithms, we developed decoupleR, an R package that allows users to apply efficiently any combination provided.

Bioinformatician and Genomist

Centré de Regulació Genòmica

Barcelona, Spain

2019

  • Differential expression analysis between the different conditions (e.g., deletions, overexpression, wild type) of transcriptional factors.
  • Comparison of the expression profiles of genes regulated by transcriptional factors with the information available in E. coli gene regulation databases (e.g., RegulonDB).

Teaching Experience

Data Science Professor

Platzi Inc.

Remote work

2022 - 2021

I worked on the complete design of the structure and content of the following courses, as well as effective entry blog writing and live classes for the Data Science Community.

Teaching Assistant of “Analysis of transcriptomic data of single cell (scRNA-seq) with R and Bioconductor.” Course

Bioinformatics Meeting in Mexico 2021

Course material

2021

  • Provide support to students.
  • Solve configurations of work environments.
  • Guide discussions and exercises in breakout rooms.

Teaching Assistant of Linear Algebra Course

Center for Genomic Sciences

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

2020

  • Monitoring of student performance accompanied by personalized and group tutorials.
  • Review of assignments and exams.

Education and Training

Datacamp Inc.

Data Scientist Professional

Certificate

2021

The following knowledge was assessed:

  • Data Management
  • Model Development
  • Exploratory Analysis
  • Coding for Production Environments
  • Statistical Experimentation
  • Communication and Reporting

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

B.S. in Genomic Sciences

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

2021 - 2017

Thesis: Bacterial filamentation: a bet for survival in stressful environments



Honors and Awards

Winner of first “Olimpiadas Platzi: Data Triathlon” – Platzi

Platzi Inc.

Award link

2020

Support Program for Research and Technological Innovation Projects (PAPIIT)

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Mexico

2020

Program for Special Inter-institutional Cooperation Activities (PAECI)

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Mexico

2019